Solemyoidea, formerly Cryptodonta, are a nearly-extinct superfamily of the bivalves.
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| Solemya elarraichensis holotype | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Solemyida |
| Superfamily: | Solemyoidea Gray, 1840 |
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The valves of the shell are relatively thin and somewhat elongated. Unlike most other bivalves, species in this group have no hinge teeth on their shells. They have relatively primitive, "protobranchiate", gills.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Solemyoidea Gray, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=22630 on 25 July 2024
- ^ Neumayr, M. (1884). Zur Morphologie der Bivalvenschlosses. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, Abteilung I. 88: 385–419. page(s): 392, 393
- ^ Barnes, Robert D. (1982). Invertebrate Zoology. Philadelphia, PA: Holt-Saunders International. p. 430. ISBN 0-03-056747-5.
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